Since their album "Auf Tauchfahrt" (auphcd003) back in 2005, Mandelbrot have played a very
important role in the artist line up of audiophob. With "Kaleidoskop" (auphcd022) - the latest
work of the prolific duo from Bielefeld - we are able to look at an impressive shared path,
consisting of none less than five full time albums, as well as a wonderful online remix release
and several compilation tracks on the labels compilations.
The optical effects of a kaleidoscope resemble the musical style of Mandelbrot on this new
release in quite a good way: While discovering the beauty of sometimes repeating patterns, you
soon realize that everything is in flow and will never return to the current state again.
Sometimes the tracks build up to cluttered and chaotic moments, only to suddenly transform
into order and harmony. Each of the ten tracks combine atmospheric to melodic synthesized
sounds with slightly rhythmic noise patterns and recordings to create unique dark ambient
works.